Might say that's a tad pessimistic — we're getting foldable phones soon! I'll be surprised if the technology doesn't improve and become more mainstream in the next few years :) I do know how you feel though...
My wife's S8 has burn-in. 90% of her usage is Facebook so common areas like the notification bar at the top and the Facebook menu bar just below that are different colors when you switch apps.
Not every article that contains "OLED" needs someone to comment about burn in. Samsung has been using OLED panels on their galaxy series for a decade and I have never had one with burn in issues
Burn in is typically less of an issue on phones and mobile devices because there is typically very little fixed content on the screen. Contrast to devices like a desktop computer where you may have the windows taskbar with icons sitting on the screen unchanging for hours at a time day after day. It can actually be quite problematic.
Even on desktops with static content burn-in is very much overblown since it's primarily a problem when the pixels are near their max brightness. Displaying white spreadsheets, word docs, webpages, etc at that brightness in a office environment is blindingly bright.
First thing for me personally I do not want a foldable phone it is just something else to go wrong and break. Besides that didn't Apple unknowingly have the iphone 6 series bendable already way before this.../joke
Actually this makes the phone less likely to break because now the screen is 100% protected from the elements. Phones are less than 8 mm thick so 16 mm after folding (which is less than 3/4 of an inch) is very pocket-able.
Eh? Have you not seen pictures of the Mate X? FlexPai? Xiaomi? Oppo? The phone designs fold and leave the screen 100% unprotected.
This Sharp design, Samsung's design, and even Motorola's design would have the folding screen 100% protected, but if it has any other screens, that won't be. Like Samsung's, the folding screen is protected, but the 2nd screen isn't.
I personally prefer what Motorola wants to do with a folding Razr. Make the phone unfold to today's 5-6" screens. Sure, some ppl want their phone to unfold into a tablet, but I'm for a smaller phone. I'm all for a phone that's the size of a dollar bill, that I can put in my wallet, and fold it.
I'd be okay with a folding phone if there were two distinctly independent screens or if a single screen screen folded over to cover a numeric keypad. So maybe more of a hinge and less of a bend in a screen would be more appealing to me. ZTE, for as much bad press as it has gotten, makes a nice folding handset, I think it's the Cymbal Z233. It's a slick little device and the price is acceptable.
What's most interesting about this (and for some reason it is hard to make out in their promotional videos) is that it looks like it folds flat. No gaps, no creases. If so, that is a major advance over everyone else.
Look closer, the screen isn't fixed into the unit, it's fixed at both ends with the curving center just floating there, this is just a demonstration unit that isn't usable because the screen will wobble under any external pressure and may even break if you poke it because of the lack of support underneath. Also it says in the text that it's rated for a 3mm radius curve.
Pretty much. It literally just looks like the screen in a folding box. Probably no hardware at all in there, just the screen being powered by something external.
I'm excited for these phones when they work out the kinks. I love my old LG lotus back in the day. recreating that form factor, but with a normal smartphone screen inside would be incredible.
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TristanSDX - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
OLED is best tech to make prototypes that will never go into mass production, because of burn-in or other issuesSirCanealot - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
Might say that's a tad pessimistic — we're getting foldable phones soon! I'll be surprised if the technology doesn't improve and become more mainstream in the next few years :)I do know how you feel though...
quiksilvr - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
Pixel shifting has made massive strides over the years. I had my S7 Edge for three years with no burn in and I YouTube quite a bit.mooninite - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
My wife's S8 has burn-in. 90% of her usage is Facebook so common areas like the notification bar at the top and the Facebook menu bar just below that are different colors when you switch apps.FullmetalTitan - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
Not every article that contains "OLED" needs someone to comment about burn in. Samsung has been using OLED panels on their galaxy series for a decade and I have never had one with burn in issuesinighthawki - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
Burn in is typically less of an issue on phones and mobile devices because there is typically very little fixed content on the screen. Contrast to devices like a desktop computer where you may have the windows taskbar with icons sitting on the screen unchanging for hours at a time day after day. It can actually be quite problematic.Destoya - Saturday, April 13, 2019 - link
Even on desktops with static content burn-in is very much overblown since it's primarily a problem when the pixels are near their max brightness. Displaying white spreadsheets, word docs, webpages, etc at that brightness in a office environment is blindingly bright.rocky12345 - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
First thing for me personally I do not want a foldable phone it is just something else to go wrong and break. Besides that didn't Apple unknowingly have the iphone 6 series bendable already way before this.../jokequiksilvr - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
Actually this makes the phone less likely to break because now the screen is 100% protected from the elements. Phones are less than 8 mm thick so 16 mm after folding (which is less than 3/4 of an inch) is very pocket-able.khanikun - Monday, April 15, 2019 - link
Eh? Have you not seen pictures of the Mate X? FlexPai? Xiaomi? Oppo? The phone designs fold and leave the screen 100% unprotected.This Sharp design, Samsung's design, and even Motorola's design would have the folding screen 100% protected, but if it has any other screens, that won't be. Like Samsung's, the folding screen is protected, but the 2nd screen isn't.
I personally prefer what Motorola wants to do with a folding Razr. Make the phone unfold to today's 5-6" screens. Sure, some ppl want their phone to unfold into a tablet, but I'm for a smaller phone. I'm all for a phone that's the size of a dollar bill, that I can put in my wallet, and fold it.
PeachNCream - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
I'd be okay with a folding phone if there were two distinctly independent screens or if a single screen screen folded over to cover a numeric keypad. So maybe more of a hinge and less of a bend in a screen would be more appealing to me. ZTE, for as much bad press as it has gotten, makes a nice folding handset, I think it's the Cymbal Z233. It's a slick little device and the price is acceptable.pjcamp - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
What's most interesting about this (and for some reason it is hard to make out in their promotional videos) is that it looks like it folds flat. No gaps, no creases. If so, that is a major advance over everyone else.s.yu - Sunday, April 14, 2019 - link
Look closer, the screen isn't fixed into the unit, it's fixed at both ends with the curving center just floating there, this is just a demonstration unit that isn't usable because the screen will wobble under any external pressure and may even break if you poke it because of the lack of support underneath. Also it says in the text that it's rated for a 3mm radius curve.khanikun - Monday, April 15, 2019 - link
Pretty much. It literally just looks like the screen in a folding box. Probably no hardware at all in there, just the screen being powered by something external.Midwayman - Monday, April 15, 2019 - link
I'm excited for these phones when they work out the kinks. I love my old LG lotus back in the day. recreating that form factor, but with a normal smartphone screen inside would be incredible.mega shows free - Monday, April 15, 2019 - link
Really excited to see this samsung already announces the foldable phone and iam waiting to use this,reagrds,
https://megashows.xyz/